Untreated timber: market overview at UEEX for October 5 – 9, 2026

Over the past week, auctions for untreated timber on the Ukrainian Energy Exchange showed the following results:

• the exhibited volume put up for sale amounted to 81.3 thousand cubic meters;
• 9.57 thousand cubic meters of timber were sold;
• the sales value of the timber totaled UAH 38.77 million (including VAT);
• sellers generated additional revenue through English-style auctions, amounting to UAH 354.65 thousand (including VAT).

Untreated timber was sold by forestry enterprises from 5 regions of Ukraine. The largest volume was sold in the Zhytomyr region.

The breakdown of sales of untreated timber was as follows: 92% round timber, 8% firewood.

Round timber

During the reporting period, 8.8 thousand cubic meters of round timber were sold for a total amount of UAH 37.16 million (including VAT).

Pine, spruce, and alder accounted for the largest shares of sales, representing 89.98%, 8.07%, and 0.84% of the total volume, respectively. Other species sold included oak, birch, fir, ash, red oak, beech, and aspen.

Given that the auction increment is 1%, the highest average figures were recorded for black alder (19), oak (16), ash (6), and spruce (1).

Firewood

During the reporting period, the volume of sales of firewood amounted to 778.19 cubic meters for the amount of 1.61 million UAH (including VAT).

The vast majority of firewood (>72%) was sold for industrial use.

Among firewood, coniferous wood was in highest demand, accounting for 75.56% of the total volume.

The chart below shows the breakdown of firewood sales by species group.

In the structure of firewood sales, the first group consists primarily of soft-leaved species with a smaller proportion of hard-leaved species; the second group consists exclusively of conifers; and the third group comprises both conifers and soft-leaved species, with a slight predominance of conifers. In the industrial wood segment, all three types of species are present: conifers are significantly dominant, while hard-leaved and soft-leaved species account for roughly equal, minor shares.

Price indices

The largest decrease in value was recorded for birch, the price of which currently stands at 3,783.20 UAH/cu. m (including VAT). Conversely, ash saw the greatest price increase among all indices, reaching 9,434.91 UAH/cu. m (including VAT).

Index of weighted average timber prices, for October 5–9, 2026

The price index for firewood for industrial use decreased, reaching UAH 2,449.97/cubic meter. m with VAT.

Among all types of firewood for non-industrial use, the price for Group 1 wood saw the largest decrease, now standing at 1,359.43 UAH/cu. m (including VAT).